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Heston and Isleworth 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Report on the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Table: Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.Number on Register.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Factories (including Factory Laundries)16720010Nil.
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)1552213
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises)77464
Outworkers4952...
Total44851917Nil.

Table: DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars.Number of Defects.
Outstanding Jan. 1st, 1936.Found during 1936.Remedied during 1936.Outstanding Dec. 31st. 1936.Referred to H.M. Inspector.Number of Prosecutions.
1234567
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—*Nil.Nil.
Want of cleanliness2781
Want of ventilation............
Overcrowding............
Want of drainage of floors...1...1
Other nuisances413143
Sanitary accommodation—† Insufficient...633
Unsuitable or defective821245
Not separate for sexes3...3...
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)............
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100)...761
Other offences:— Excluding offences relating to outwork............
Total17555814Nil.Nil.

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*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and remediable
under the Public Health Acts.
†Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted by the corporation, and
the standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons employed in factories and
workshops enforced is that required by the Sanitary Accommodation Order of 4th February, 1903.
OUTWORK.
(a) Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108 Nil.
(b) Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109-110 Nil.
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